Wild
Papaya (English), Bonete (Spanish),
Coahuayote (Naualt) K'uun che' (Maya)
Jacaratia mexicana, Caricaceae Family. Native
to Mexico. Wild growing tree, tall and slim with soft
bark trunk and elliptic leaflets, male and female
flowers on separate trees (dioecious). Ripe Bonetes or
wild papaya fruits have small seeds and distinctive
large pendulous shape (photo) that hang from leafless
branches during May and June. Edible wild fruit with
high nutrition value, pulp and aroma similar to papaya.
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